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let's remember that the united states for most of the cold war, backed pakistan, not india. the indian foreign policy establishment has a tendency to be in any case a little bit, you know, third world-ish and anti-american in its own ways. and so it's been a long fall in relations between india and the united states, a very -- begun by bill clinton, crucially improved by george w. bush, and now being further improved by president obama and secretary clinton. i think it's still a work in progress. you can see that they have some thorny issues with regard to the nuclear deals, you know, the indians are not being as forthcoming in allowing the american companies to participate in what will be a vast indian market for nuclear energy. and as long as the arrow is moving in the right direction, i think we're probably doing well. when we deal with pakistan, we see all the problems of dealing with a country that is not really a democracy. with india you see all the problems of dealing with a country that is completely a porous, functioning, chaotic democracy, which means the governme
let's remember that the united states for most of the cold war, backed pakistan, not india. the indian foreign policy establishment has a tendency to be in any case a little bit, you know, third world-ish and anti-american in its own ways. and so it's been a long fall in relations between india and the united states, a very -- begun by bill clinton, crucially improved by george w. bush, and now being further improved by president obama and secretary clinton. i think it's still a work in...
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building in pakistan. the eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow as arlen's debt is downgraded to junk status by the credit rating agency moody's feuding concerns the country could need a second bailout this comes a week after portugal's rating was also reduced and follow speculation that italy too might soon ask for helping hand paul not for any pay for northwest england has told r.t. the latest developments prove that the single currency union is simply not working . this was always about politics it was not about economics the idea that you could have a commie in the mediterranean in line with economies like germany fast growing economies like germany was never going to where the only way to get out of this mess is for those countries to go back on their national policies to devalue to get growth moving. into exports going in at the moment they can't reduce their debt because they couldn't see these are controlled by frankfurt they're controlled by the european central bank they're not controlled by athen
building in pakistan. the eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow as arlen's debt is downgraded to junk status by the credit rating agency moody's feuding concerns the country could need a second bailout this comes a week after portugal's rating was also reduced and follow speculation that italy too might soon ask for helping hand paul not for any pay for northwest england has told r.t. the latest developments prove that the single currency union is simply not working . this was always about...
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brother of afghan president karzai had of the khandahar province volatile region on the border with pakistan jere van dyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing leaves washington with no one to rely on when it comes to securing the region. well they karzai it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to st
brother of afghan president karzai had of the khandahar province volatile region on the border with pakistan jere van dyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing leaves washington with no one to rely on when it comes to securing the region. well they karzai it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now...
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pakistan has responded to comments by america's highest rank military officer that it sanctioned the killing of a pakistani journalist in may. pakistani government spokesman said the comments -- extremely irresponsible. in cape canaveral, florida, a space shuttle atlantis' liftoff for the last time, but the weather may have a say. storms threatened to delay a launch. the program is coming to an end. britain's disasters emergency committee is the latest agency to launch an appeal for funds to tackle the food crisis in east africa. hundreds of thousands of people are streaming out of the worst areas of somalia into refugee camps in other parts of the region. 1300 people are seeking help. it has become the biggest camp in the world with a population of 350,000 people. own is there. >> they flock here in the thousands. somali refugees are desperate to escape civil war and now their latest curse, drought. infants are the weakest of the new arrivals. there's not much of them to measure. their tiny bodies are ravaged by malnutrition and dehydration. she is a nurse from switzerland. every da
pakistan has responded to comments by america's highest rank military officer that it sanctioned the killing of a pakistani journalist in may. pakistani government spokesman said the comments -- extremely irresponsible. in cape canaveral, florida, a space shuttle atlantis' liftoff for the last time, but the weather may have a say. storms threatened to delay a launch. the program is coming to an end. britain's disasters emergency committee is the latest agency to launch an appeal for funds to...
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i also wanted to ask the role of pakistan. pakistan is a key regional actor in central asia. right now our relationship with pakistan is complicated. pakistan is obviously an important player in terms of regional stability in central asia. can you describe the -- how the pressler amendment has affected our relationship with pakistan? and how do you feel the united states needs to interact currently with pakistan and in the future? how do you feel we should use the aid as a weapon of influence based on the current relationship that we have now with pakistan? >> yeah, thank you, senator. i think pakistan is an enormously important country in the central command area of operations. in fact, when i was the acting commander, i considered it to be among probably the top one or two countries to be addressed. and we've had as you described it yourself, a very complex relationship with them. i think it's one we need to stick with. and to your point about the pressler amendment. that was a period in our history where we made a determination that we had such stark differences with pakis
i also wanted to ask the role of pakistan. pakistan is a key regional actor in central asia. right now our relationship with pakistan is complicated. pakistan is obviously an important player in terms of regional stability in central asia. can you describe the -- how the pressler amendment has affected our relationship with pakistan? and how do you feel the united states needs to interact currently with pakistan and in the future? how do you feel we should use the aid as a weapon of influence...
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pakistan withholding $800 million in promised military aid to pakistan. the zus not happy with what you're doing. what do you do about it? >> first old all, i don't think that's a correct characterization. it includes $300 million in reimbursements that have just been slowed down. we haven't received a reimbursement since december 2010. so basically, it's just something that's already slow, having been slowed down more. the fact is that -- >> are you saying this is not a big deal? $800 million of aids has been suspended. >> both sides are working together on a number of things and pakistan is not happy with the pace of delivery of assistance. americans are not happy with the pace of delivery of certain deliverables from pakistan. it happens sometimes. right now because pakistan is a fledgling democracy and everything that happens there hits the media and there's an american domestic political context in which everything becomes an issue because of the way people react to your administration. this has become -- >> the reaction in pakistan to the u.s. decis
pakistan withholding $800 million in promised military aid to pakistan. the zus not happy with what you're doing. what do you do about it? >> first old all, i don't think that's a correct characterization. it includes $300 million in reimbursements that have just been slowed down. we haven't received a reimbursement since december 2010. so basically, it's just something that's already slow, having been slowed down more. the fact is that -- >> are you saying this is not a big deal?...
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will it have any type of impact on pakistan? >> pakistan says no. they're saying we can handle whatever it is, but, you know, this is -- this is a very important relationship, the u.s.-pakistan relation shi. -- relationship. it's in a very bad way. is it likely to completely unravel? no, the stakes are too high. but one of the things concerning the u.s. is we're bickering with the pakistanis and reducing aid, they're not helping us and they're not helping them. they're turning more to get help from china. they've had a lot more contact with china. the -- the whole issue is on that border. the border with afghanistan, waziristan, taliban, al qaeda, other troops are operating. >> pakistan will continue the fight, even without the $800 million in military aid, it will continue the fight against the militants. a lot of people are saying, where have you been until now? what fight is taking place at this point? >> it's true. it's a fair criticism. it's a fair criticism that the pakistanis haven't done enough in certain areas. you have to balance that by s
will it have any type of impact on pakistan? >> pakistan says no. they're saying we can handle whatever it is, but, you know, this is -- this is a very important relationship, the u.s.-pakistan relation shi. -- relationship. it's in a very bad way. is it likely to completely unravel? no, the stakes are too high. but one of the things concerning the u.s. is we're bickering with the pakistanis and reducing aid, they're not helping us and they're not helping them. they're turning more to get...
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through my detention in pakistan. he asked me if i were. if he didn't he was not interested on me it was you transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar in kandahar was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the culture and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and. i was one of those survive those kind of torture. myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers and. i was forced to agree that i'm a member of you want to go and. i'm not even really i didn't know at the time what used to be i didn't know what i try to anything so. when they asked me what i did and tell you when i said i'm not a member of them and they brought me papers cost me to sign i refused and that while they tortured me to force me to write me to sign or make me sign electoral electroshocks and. in other times he forced me by water treatment a school board in the snow. on the water boarding so or another time they. hang on chains i had chains on my hands and i was hanging on the ceiling
through my detention in pakistan. he asked me if i were. if he didn't he was not interested on me it was you transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar in kandahar was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the culture and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and. i was one of those survive those kind of torture. myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers and. i was forced to agree that i'm a member of you...
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it will have implications on pakistan. if you quit in 2014, whatever has been declared, obviously the best strategy for the taliban or the enemy, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie low, let time pass, and then rise again. so declaring... giving a timeline, i have always been saying that it ought to be effected, what effects do we want to create? you can't have it time related because then you'll be in the hands of the enemy, i would say. and if you leave in 2014 without stabilizing afghanistan, what will happen then? we need to visualize. >> well, the problem is... the difficulty i think for america is afghanistan hasn't been stable since, i guess, hannibal. (laughter) so the idea that we could stay there... (laughter). they don't appear to want to be stabilized so i mean... i guess the problem is can we really do that? can we do that for a country and is pakistan going to give them the room that they would need to do that or would they perhaps try and have some influence with the taliban adds well? >> well, first of all, i t
it will have implications on pakistan. if you quit in 2014, whatever has been declared, obviously the best strategy for the taliban or the enemy, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie low, let time pass, and then rise again. so declaring... giving a timeline, i have always been saying that it ought to be effected, what effects do we want to create? you can't have it time related because then you'll be in the hands of the enemy, i would say. and if you leave in 2014 without stabilizing afghanistan,...
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continuedian side to rely on the gas on going through pakistan. they thought maybe it should be offshore and so on. i think as far as iran and pakistan is concerned or the two are concerned, the deal is going quite a long way ahead on the iranian side. on the pakistani side there is so many announcements. of course, over 20 years, announcements are announcements, but they seem a bit more serious. >> pipeline politics indeed. it's become a major source of contention between lebanon and israel. they're warning israel to stay away from the country's energy resources but leaders of the hezbollah group calls on them for an energy exploration. maritime dispute over who owns what are escalating already heightened tensions between two countries. we take a special look. >> reporter: under the warm waters of the mediterranean may lie treasures yet unknown. reservoirs of black gold. the u.s. geological survey estimated that this part of the eastern mediterranean could hold nearly 2 billion barrels of recoverable oil and huge reserves of gas. in these watt ea
continuedian side to rely on the gas on going through pakistan. they thought maybe it should be offshore and so on. i think as far as iran and pakistan is concerned or the two are concerned, the deal is going quite a long way ahead on the iranian side. on the pakistani side there is so many announcements. of course, over 20 years, announcements are announcements, but they seem a bit more serious. >> pipeline politics indeed. it's become a major source of contention between lebanon and...
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during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i want more with someone and he didn't he was not interested on me afterwards you were transferred to kind of hole in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar. income was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the closure and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture in qana so. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers you know. i was forced to agree that i'm the member or are you going to go and. i'm not even really i didn't know at the time what used to be i didn't know what i did anything so. when they asked me what i tried and thought even i said i'm not a member of them and they brought me papers wasn't a sign i refused and that's why they tortured me about their forced me to write me to sign and sign by electoral electroshocks and. in other times the force made by what the treatment it's for a lot a lot of boarding it's not it's. there it's normally
during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i want more with someone and he didn't he was not interested on me afterwards you were transferred to kind of hole in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar. income was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the closure and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture in qana so. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers you know. i...
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are coping in the aftermath. -- a year after devastating rains ravage pakistan. one country right and the heart of europe appears to be a new to the currency crisis. switzerland's fanc is riding high and has become a safe haven for investors. >> this is a landscape that has attracted tourists for over a century. this year, visitors are staying on the ground. those that are here are counting their pennies. as the euro slides, the swiss franc rises and rises. foreign tourists find switzerland too expensive. meanwhile, the swiss are neglecting their on resorts in favor of a cheap holiday abroad. >> i am watching the situation with enormous concern. things have gotten worse. jobs and businesses are really in danger now and that is bad for our economy. >> the swiss franc is at an all- time high against the euro. a new study shows that a thousand hotels across the alps are threatened with closure. >> there will be job cuts. there has already been. each of the hotels have had to cut back from jobs. >> swiss hotel owners are looking anxiously to the government for soluti
are coping in the aftermath. -- a year after devastating rains ravage pakistan. one country right and the heart of europe appears to be a new to the currency crisis. switzerland's fanc is riding high and has become a safe haven for investors. >> this is a landscape that has attracted tourists for over a century. this year, visitors are staying on the ground. those that are here are counting their pennies. as the euro slides, the swiss franc rises and rises. foreign tourists find...
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haqqani, taliban, dtp of pakistan is a taliban, tnsm of pakistan is taliban. his brother leading, now he's been killed, all of them are not in tandem with each other. in fact, many in afghanistan fight each other. so, therefore, it's not a monolith. so maybe we go back to 1989 where there'll be chaos, confusion and anarchy, everyone fighting each other. pakistan alone, again, fending for itself. so this was why, as i said, an antipathy against the united states. why is there a confidence and trust deficit between the united states and pakistan? which has got exacerbated all along, no trust at all in the last one and a half years, i think, finally leading to the action of osama bin laden which absolutely displays the lack of trust, lack of confidence between the two countries. very briefly, partially maybe it started back in be my time, in 2004 or '5 when i had a, i had a strategy of weaning the pashtun from the taliban, and, therefore, we started by addressing, putting together local jirgas, a tribal meeting of elders. thought we'd hold tribal jirgas and drew
haqqani, taliban, dtp of pakistan is a taliban, tnsm of pakistan is taliban. his brother leading, now he's been killed, all of them are not in tandem with each other. in fact, many in afghanistan fight each other. so, therefore, it's not a monolith. so maybe we go back to 1989 where there'll be chaos, confusion and anarchy, everyone fighting each other. pakistan alone, again, fending for itself. so this was why, as i said, an antipathy against the united states. why is there a confidence and...
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finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps he has taken for british support of counter-terrorism in pakistan at the heart of our relationship to the pakistan government. we all want to see british troops come home at the earliest opportunity, not least all the families and friends of those who are currently serving in afghanistan. we also want to see the campaign concluded in a way that ensures their service and sacrifice has not been in vain and afghanistan and a wider region moves into a stable future rather than once again posing a serious threat to our security and
finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps...
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policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to comprehensive regional policy we have shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nature that could provide the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that would benefit to all parties concerned. and later we'll bring you the revelations of a military journalist who spent a year in iraq and interviewed thousands of u.s. soldiers that's in a special report coming up in three hours time i'm spending the year in iraq as a military journalist. we still are. there's two ways to. kill. the one. life. to publicize the invite. who. started the of the day. we. look at some other stories from around the world and efforts are underway in thailand to form a new coalition government which will bring the country's first ever female prime minister to power that's after the opposition party won a landslide victory in sunday's general election obtaining a clear majority of seats in th
policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to comprehensive regional policy we have shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nature that could provide the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that would benefit to all parties concerned. and later we'll bring you the revelations of a military journalist who spent a...
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in his criticism of washington how is this going to go down in pakistan. well i must tell you there's. a ten years ago. it was really very hard to find a clean clean sheet in pakistan criticizing the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some radical extremist but today you have people from the upper classes of pakistan really lead and very very critical of the united states so i think there's something really wrong and i think. responsibility also on the on the u.s. media to convey the right church to the american people you know which is unfortunately they're not doing very much telling the whatever. line of the government so i think i don't see in the near future many of these serious differences between pakistan and the united states. or i could have the two in this week ratio and one from islam about thanks for an autopsy. so look at some of the stories now the stories that shaped the week from out say of the former pows general accused of ordering the massacre is likely to have a new legal team to re
in his criticism of washington how is this going to go down in pakistan. well i must tell you there's. a ten years ago. it was really very hard to find a clean clean sheet in pakistan criticizing the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some radical extremist but today you have people from the upper classes of pakistan really lead and very very critical of the united states so i think there's something really wrong and i think. responsibility...
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we have more. >> parts of pakistan pose the biggest city are essentially under curfew. -- pakistan's biggest city are essentially under curfew. there have been clashes between rival political groups escalating. people are caught in the crossfire. as the violence continues, bodies continue to arrive at the morgue. dozens have been killed in the last three days of fighting. many more have been injured. gunmen have even opened fire on city buses. quite some people started firing at the bus and killed my father. what is this? how many people will be killed by this? they killed my father. how many fathers will be killed like this? >> in part, the violence follows a decision by the country's main political party to resign from the government. >> the chief justice of pakistan will look into this issue, what is going on in karachi. citizens are brutally killed. people traveling in buses have been brutally murdered today. >> there is a political dimension to the fighting. karachi is the city claimed by armed gangs. the city authorities are trying to grapple back some control of the affected a
we have more. >> parts of pakistan pose the biggest city are essentially under curfew. -- pakistan's biggest city are essentially under curfew. there have been clashes between rival political groups escalating. people are caught in the crossfire. as the violence continues, bodies continue to arrive at the morgue. dozens have been killed in the last three days of fighting. many more have been injured. gunmen have even opened fire on city buses. quite some people started firing at the bus...
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is not in a war in pakistan the u.s. it is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are gathering the information who are doing the investigation to try to collect the information so that we can bring a more transparent a more honest picture to the public about what's happening in pakistan. earlier we talked to a man who reached out beyond earth's atmosphere and became one of the select few ever to walk on the phone that's after a recap of the week's top stories coming to you in just a few moments. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. bringing you the latest in science and technology from a. b
is not in a war in pakistan the u.s. it is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are gathering the information who are doing...
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forces who are deployment from afghanistan to pakistan the small plan introduced couple of weeks ago could help the united states to avoid making the impression they just cut and run from afghanistan and on the other side it would meet again their respects widening then military hostilities for him again to stand pakistan and do you know. but a few minutes an hour it's either green card immigrants or a now see after winning american city lottery they're now being told no entry to their new lives tell you why. one of the last world war two era war crimes suspect is due to learn his fate we ordered from hungary. the resignations keep coming in the british newspaper phone hacking scandal now that the u.k.'s most senior police officer has quit sir paul stephenson was facing a growing backlash over hiring a former news of the world executive as an advisor who was later questioned about illicit phone tapping the axe police commissioner also took a swipe at the prime minister saying his choice of adviser was a decision mainly former editor and he calls it a rapid developments rebecca brooks
forces who are deployment from afghanistan to pakistan the small plan introduced couple of weeks ago could help the united states to avoid making the impression they just cut and run from afghanistan and on the other side it would meet again their respects widening then military hostilities for him again to stand pakistan and do you know. but a few minutes an hour it's either green card immigrants or a now see after winning american city lottery they're now being told no entry to their new...
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is not in a war in pakistan the u.s. it is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are who are gathering the information who are doing the investigation to try to collect the information so that we can bring a more transparent more honest picture to the public about what's happening in pakistan. you with all the live from moscow it's good to have your company today as we do the weekly now shortly we'll talk to a man who's joined a very exclusive club one of the few to have reached beyond most fear and even fewer still to have gone for a stroll on the surface of the moon that's off to a reminder of this week's top stories in just a few minutes. mission free
is not in a war in pakistan the u.s. it is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are who are gathering the information who...
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forces into pakistan to do decisively with the taliban and how we're going to network training camps which were the same that the united states were so actively helping and assisting pakistan to wage today and i saw a jihad in afghanistan using the same heading proxy force led trained by pakistani intelligence which was actively supported by their american partners what happens right now in afghanistan is neither war no peace in reality the american occupation he's completely bogged down and it's paralyzed somewhere in the twilight zone between war and peace now the u.s. lawmakers facing a very serious dilemma on the one side they're eager to blackmail pakistan we have the united states military intervention on the other side they are acutely aware that the time has come for the united states to back up and go home from afghanistan and to be exposed to the accusations that american exit plan is just cut and run so the only face saving opportunity right now for the united states to leave afghanistan these to rebuild their credibility gap leave pakistan and to get a permission for u.s.
forces into pakistan to do decisively with the taliban and how we're going to network training camps which were the same that the united states were so actively helping and assisting pakistan to wage today and i saw a jihad in afghanistan using the same heading proxy force led trained by pakistani intelligence which was actively supported by their american partners what happens right now in afghanistan is neither war no peace in reality the american occupation he's completely bogged down and...
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pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget and i know that most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough gamma stand like al qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing you touched on this just now i just want to put a bit of meat on the bones of it when off to the killing how realistic is america's ambition to leave a stable afghanistan when nato troops finally depart in twenty fourteen. i think the fact that would happen today shows very clearly that there are two universes really enough gana stand there is the universe that the west knows that outsiders know that the united nations that foreign diplomats the journalists and militaries know and then there is afghan culture that's very very hard for the outs for an outsider to penetrate we do not know what is going on behind the scenes what we do know however is
pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget and i know that most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough gamma stand like al qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing you touched on this just now i just want to...
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about pakistan what afghanistan needs right now has nothing to do we have surging or d. surging american forces on the ground whatever ganesan really needs right now is a wake up call and is the only way to re-unite all tribes and all the factions the only way to save afghanistan from narco couse is to conduct this top level negotiations with the pakistani military to read it ploy the american ground forces from afghanistan to part of pakistan along then the pakistani border and to lead the pakistani raunchier corps to take their position within our students that. there are some accusations which even if they might be proved false can still prove fatal to your reputation as a former i.m.f. chief next to his cost while in line talk show host laurie harmfulness the last people in new york what this means for people's definition of when things get too far. the sexual assault cases of d s k angelina stands are getting a lot of coverage in the news do you think it's right for women or men to report any sexual encounter they feel uncomfortable with this week let's talk about t
about pakistan what afghanistan needs right now has nothing to do we have surging or d. surging american forces on the ground whatever ganesan really needs right now is a wake up call and is the only way to re-unite all tribes and all the factions the only way to save afghanistan from narco couse is to conduct this top level negotiations with the pakistani military to read it ploy the american ground forces from afghanistan to part of pakistan along then the pakistani border and to lead the...
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india did plame elements within pakistan on the previous attack. do you think it might be a coincidence in that these attacks happened just months after the peace talks between pakistan and india started? >> it is inconceivable to me that pakistan would have any role in this. i say that because india and pakistan are now engaged in a dialogue. their foreign ministers are going to be meeting shortly. in july. there is also -- pakistan is facing multiple threats and crises internally. the recently had an outbreak of sectarian violence in karachi. we know how involved they are with what is going on in those things taking place in afghanistan. they also have the pakistani taliban attacking them. we're also the point of a new low in u.s.-pakistani relations. so the idea that pakistan would instigate a crisis with india at this point is inconceivable to me. >> what about indian intelligence-gathering and a security? there have been a number of threats, particularly since 2008. is this any reflection on the indian authorities competence in this area? >> t
india did plame elements within pakistan on the previous attack. do you think it might be a coincidence in that these attacks happened just months after the peace talks between pakistan and india started? >> it is inconceivable to me that pakistan would have any role in this. i say that because india and pakistan are now engaged in a dialogue. their foreign ministers are going to be meeting shortly. in july. there is also -- pakistan is facing multiple threats and crises internally. the...
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pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at that table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough ghana stand like al-qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing. remember all the stories we're covering are available along with interviews blogs and analysis on r t. online you can also check out latest video footage of a plane a rescue operation only hours after a burning aircraft crash landed on a lake in eastern siberia. here's a reason to look before crossing the street and watch out on these roads a street racer pushes his sports car to the max in central moscow but his need for speed ends in our image. outrage grips of britain over allegations aimed at several newspapers in rupert murdoch's media empire including getting secret information about the queen and former prime minister gordon brown that as senior police of
pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at that table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough ghana stand like al-qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing. remember all the stories we're covering are available along...
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about pakistan again if the need right now has nothing to do be a surgeon or a d. surgeon american forces on the ground when afghanistan really needs right now he's a wake up call and it's the only way to re-unite all tribes and all factions the only way to save afghanistan from narco chaos he is to come down to the top level negotiations with the pakistani military and to read employ their american ground forces from afghanistan to southern part of pakistan along their thank you stand in the end border and to lead the pakistani volunteer corps to change their position within our students that. are sort of accusations that even if true or false can still proof able to one's reputation as former i.m.f. chief knows to its cost online talk show host laurie harford asked people in new york what this means for people's definition of when things go too far. the sexual assault cases d s k angelina's dons are getting a lot of coverage and then is do you think it's right for women or men to report anything actually encounter they feel uncomfortable with this week let's talk
about pakistan again if the need right now has nothing to do be a surgeon or a d. surgeon american forces on the ground when afghanistan really needs right now he's a wake up call and it's the only way to re-unite all tribes and all factions the only way to save afghanistan from narco chaos he is to come down to the top level negotiations with the pakistani military and to read employ their american ground forces from afghanistan to southern part of pakistan along their thank you stand in the...
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calls pakistan there's an important ally in the war on terror so what's gone wrong . i think we're seeing strong signs off united states getting really frustrated with the situation upon the sun and for the past few days we've seen. we've seen signs and actions on the part of the united states that are really being described by fox and fishers as inmates who are in terms of diplomacy for example we've seen. constant reports in mainstream media in particular in the new york times in the week. really talking about issues that pertain to fox and domestic politics for example the murder of a journalist and we've seen of course admiral mike mullen no less the chairman joint chiefs coming out to actually use the box and intelligence services behind it i mean things that you really wouldn't expect in a relationship as important as this one so i think what we're seeing is that the americans are are now really very first created with the situation in the understand and i think they would like to see the box sort of giving up on some off their positions and just getting in line
calls pakistan there's an important ally in the war on terror so what's gone wrong . i think we're seeing strong signs off united states getting really frustrated with the situation upon the sun and for the past few days we've seen. we've seen signs and actions on the part of the united states that are really being described by fox and fishers as inmates who are in terms of diplomacy for example we've seen. constant reports in mainstream media in particular in the new york times in the week....
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all out so the americans as a terrorist they would receive through solid on through some dollars in pakistan a lot of money was not social justice and when i had my first interrogation i can go months to my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i want mall with stalin and if he didn't it was not interested on me afterwards you were transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar in qana was happening. all kind of things and what you can just imagine on the thoughts. and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the top income the saw. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers and. i was forced to agree that i am. you want to go. on lots even really i didn't know at the time what used to be i didn't know a lot i try to and if you saw. when they asked me what i thought entirely when i said i'm not a member of them and they brought me papers forced me to sign i refused and that's why. they force me to write me to sign make you sign by. electroshocks and. in other times he forced me to wate
all out so the americans as a terrorist they would receive through solid on through some dollars in pakistan a lot of money was not social justice and when i had my first interrogation i can go months to my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i want mall with stalin and if he didn't it was not interested on me afterwards you were transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar in qana was happening. all kind of things and what you can just imagine on the thoughts....
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yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what have you noticed a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i have now at west point well it certainly sounds like what the american people would like to hear for the first time ever a majority want u.s. troops out of afghanistan as soon as possible fifty six percent or thirty nine percent want troops there until the situation is stabilized you can see the trend is really flip flopped but what is the reality of obama's plans for troop withdrawal that thirty three thousand he's calling for is a minority of the one hundred thousand american troops that are there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety t
yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what have you noticed a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're...
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pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough get to stand like al qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has had institutional backing. as i was often accuse of links with the taliban in afghanistan and illegal drug trade the head of russia's federal drug control service victor even after a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country aren't helping watch his full interview in around ten minutes time but here's a quick preview. of. september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example commanding a military operation in afghanistan says that the number of armed clashes there increases year after year in fact t
pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough get to stand like al qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has had institutional backing. as i was often accuse of links with the taliban in afghanistan...